how to say “Mars” and “Venus”… in Hebrew
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חדר-מיון-1.m4a” /]חֲדַר מִיּוּן If you know some basic Hebrew, you most likely know the word חדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חדר-מיון-2.m4a” /] – room. When חדר is connected to another word in an of (construct) relationship, it is pronounced with ah vowels. For example, חֲדַר שינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חדר-מיון-3.m4a” /] is a bedroom or a room of sleep. An emergency room is חדר מיון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חדר-מיון-1.m4a” /] –…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לארוז-1.m4a” /]לֶאֱרוֹז The Hebrew word for to pack is לארוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לארוז-1.m4a” /], of the root א.ר.ז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לארוז-2.m4a” /]. Though they are of the same root, I don’t believe there is a semantic relationship between packing and rice – אורז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לארוז-3.m4a” /]. לארוז is a simple verb. Here’s an example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לארוז-4.m4a” /]ארזת גם את המזוודה שלי? Did…
חֻקָּה In honor the 4th of July (come celebrate it this Monday with AACI in Jerusalem!)… and this week’s Torah portion It took eleven years for the United States to ratify a constitution that would represent “the people.” Israel, after 63 years, has yet to ratify one. Two Jews, three opinions;…
לְהוֹצִיא Can’t read Hebrew yet? We saw yesterday that לָצֵאת means to go out or to leave. Using the same root (י.צ.א – y.ts.a), Hebrew creates another term – to take out: לְהוֹצִיא , in the active-causative verb form. For Biblical example: הוֹצִיאוּ אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם עַל צִבְאֹתָם! (G-d…